Stress responses of Calluna vulgaris to reduced and oxidised N applied under 'real world conditions'

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 404-413

  Sheppard, Lucy J ^a   Leith, Ian D ^a   Crossley, A ^a   Van Dijk, N ^a   Fowler, D ^a   Sutton, M A ^a   Woods, C ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Frost hardiness; N status; Oxidised N; Reduced N

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; APPLIED (CO); CALLUNA; LINE SOURCES; REAL WORLD; STRESS RESPONSES; VULGARIS;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

AMMONIUM; ANGIOSPERM; CHLORIDE; FROST HARDINESS; NITRATE; NITROGEN; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OXIDATION; PATHOGEN; POLLUTION EFFECT; SODIUM; STRESS RESISTANCE;

ARTICLE; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT STRESS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACID RAIN; AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIA; CALLUNA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEMPERATURE; WETLANDS;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 46749092142     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.10.040     Document Type: Article

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